Naked man arrested on U.S.-101 in Petaluma

A naked 25-year-old Hawthorne man was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and other charges on a Bay Area freeway Sunday morning, California Highway Patrol officials said.

Just after 9 a.m. Sunday, the "CHP dispatch center began receiving calls of a vehicle weaving and preventing other traffic from passing in the area of northbound U.S.-101 at East Washington Street," CHP officials said in a statement. "The vehicle, a rented 2013 silver Chevy pickup truck, eventually crashed into guard rail at low speeds."

With CHP officers still on the way, the driver, later identified as Alexander Jon Leonard, got out of the truck and began disrobing, officials said. After shedding all his clothes, Leonard allegedly "started running around in lanes of traffic," they said.

CHP officers arrived on scene and tried taking Leonard into custody, but he allegedly resisted, prompting officers to deploy Tazers. Leonard was then taken into custody, they said.

Northbound lanes of U.S.-101 were blocked for 10 to 15 minutes, officials said.

Leonard was medically cleared at Petaluma Valley Hospital and booked into the Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and resisting arrest.